Now, after a long recovery, Bryan Steinhauer will be running a half-marathon in Manhattan on March 17 to raise money for a fund he started at Mount Sinai Hospital called Minds Over Matter. The foundation helps support young adults with brain injuries.

Brooklyn Man To Run Half-Marathon 5 Years After Being Brutally Beaten Upstate

WCBS 880's Marla Diamond

Former college basketball player Miladin Kovacevic was charged with assault in the attack in the United States and was sentenced to two years in prison in his native Serbia, where he had fled after jumping bail.

The case strained U.S.-Serbian relations after the country had refused to hand Kovacevic over to the U.S. citing local laws banning extradition.